A People's History of the United States
Language: English
Classics Democracy General History History - U.S. History of the Americas History: American Modern period Political Ideologies Political Science Politics Regional History Social History Social conditions USA United States United States - General United States History (General) c 1500 onwards
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: Jan 1, 1980
Description:
In the book, Zinn presented a different side of history from the more traditional "fundamental nationalist glorification of country".
Zinn portrays a side of American history that can largely be seen as the exploitation and manipulation of the majority by rigged systems that hugely favor a small aggregate of elite rulers from across the orthodox political parties.
A People's History has been assigned as reading in many high schools and colleges across the United States. It has also resulted in a change in the focus of historical work, which now includes stories that previously were ignored
Library Journal calls Howard Zinn’s book “a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those…whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.”